Arisztid Dessweffy

Arisztid Dessweffy (2 July 1802-6 October 1849) was a General of Hungary during the Hungarian War of Independence and one of the 13 Martyrs of Arad.

Biography
Arisztid Dessweffy was born on 2 July 1802 in Cakanovce, Slovakia, Austrian Empire. He had the rank of general of Hungary at the time of the Hungarian War of Independence in 1848, joining the rebels and leading a 100,000-strong army. Dessweffy decided to surrender to the Imperial Russian Army rather than waste his men's lives, and he was one of the 13 Martyrs of Arad that were executed by the Austrian Army on 6 October 1849.